Scientists find more bones of big camels

A handout photo released by the Syrian Department of Antiquities and Museums in Damascus on Monday, Oct. 9, 2006. The imaginary photo reveals the modern-day camel and a giant camel (background). The bones of a giant camel dating back 100,000 years have been unearthed in the Syrian desert, a government newspaper has reported. The bones were discovered by a joint Syrian-Swiss archaeological team at the site of al-Hemel in the Palmyra region about 250 kilometers (150 miles) northeast of Damascus, the state-run Tishrin daily reported Saturday. (AP Photo/ Syrian Department of Antiquities and Museums ho).

(AP) -- Hunters stalked giant camels as tall as some modern-day elephants in the Syrian desert tens of thousands of years ago and archaeologists behind the find are wondering where the camels came from and what caused them to die off.

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